Satisfying wanderlust one day at a time

Cartier on Karl Marx Street Gallery: Irkutsk and Lake Baikal

I fell in love with Irkutsk, and I think you’ll see why (including the Decembrist Trubetskoy Manor and lots of views of the River Angara…and even another Lenin statue, since they’re ubiquitous, even if far from my favorite statues):

Small chapel in Irkutsk’s main square

Irkutsk actually had good tourist info

The former House of Soviets

Church of the Savior behind the former House of Soviets

Church of the Savior

Catholic Church, a rarity

First view towards the Angara River

Frescos on Church of the Savior

Church of the Epiphany

Close-up, Church of the Savior

Cadets by the war memorial

The River Angara

Locks on the pedestrian bridge by Angara River

Angara River

Angara River

Angara River view

Another view on the river walk

Angara

By the river

Moscow Triumphal Arch

Walking away from the river

One of the old wooden houses

Wooden house neighborhood

More wooden houses

Wooden house

A pretty well-kept wooden house

Joshua Feinberg’s mansion

On a square

Walkin’ in Irkutsk

On a big street

The synagogue

What I thought was the Trubetskoy House…

Trubetskoy Manor

Why gee golly, I guess they have a sense of humor about tourists in Irkutsk